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    Waves transfer energy from one place to another through a medium or without one. There are different types of waves including transverse waves, which move particles perpendicularly to the direction of travel, and longitudinal waves, which use compressions to transfer energy. Waves can also be classified as mechanical waves, which require a medium like water or air, or electromagnetic waves like light, which do not require a medium and can travel through empty space at the speed of light.

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    Waves transfer energy from one place to another through a medium or without one. There are different types of waves including transverse waves, which move particles perpendicularly to the direction of travel, and longitudinal waves, which use compressions to transfer energy. Waves can also be classified as mechanical waves, which require a medium like water or air, or electromagnetic waves like light, which do not require a medium and can travel through empty space at the speed of light.

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    Waves transfer energy from one place to another through a medium or without one. There are different types of waves including transverse waves, which move particles perpendicularly to the direction of travel, and longitudinal waves, which use compressions to transfer energy. Waves can also be classified as mechanical waves, which require a medium like water or air, or electromagnetic waves like light, which do not require a medium and can travel through empty space at the speed of light.

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    Powernotes Lesson 3.

    1 Waves
    What are waves?
    Water waves are just one of many kinds of waves. Sound and light are
    also waves.
    Waves are caused by vibrations of a medium. A medium is the
    material through which a wave can travel.
    Waves transfer energy from one place to another.
    The points where a wave is highest are called crests. The points
    where a wave is lowest are called troughs.
    Some waves, such as ocean waves, transfer energy through a
    medium.
    Some waves, such as light waves, can transfer energy without a
    medium.

    How do waves transfer energy?


    Not all waves transfer energy the same way.
    Waves can be classified by comparing the direction that they cause
    particles in the medium to move with the direction in which the wave
    moves.
    Energy can be transferred from one object to another using
    compressions. This causes energy to travel in a longitudinal wave.
    Sound waves are longitudinal waves.

    Energy can be transferred from one object to another using up and


    down motions. This causes energy to travel as a transverse wave.
    In a transverse wave, particles move perpendicularly to the direction
    the wave travels.

    What are some types of waves?


    Waves can also be classified by what they are traveling through.
    Waves such as water waves that require a medium are called
    mechanical waves.
    Some mechanical waves can travel through more than one medium.
    For example, sound waves can move through air, water, and a solid
    wall.
    Mechanical waves cant travel without a medium.
    Electromagnetic (EM) waves are not disturbances in a physical
    medium. They are vibrations of electric and magnetic fields. They can
    travel without a medium.
    Sunlight is an example of EM waves. Other examples include radio
    waves, microwaves, and X-rays.
    In empty space, all EM waves travel at the same speed, called the
    speed of light.

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